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Essays 61 - 90
offer mankind salvation through faith. He was put to death and rose from the dead. Aside from this the various Christian faiths po...
to be moving in numbed silence. As this indicates, this is a highly naturalistic rendition of a gospel event, as seen through th...
one had to make a leap of faith because history was unimportant in the quest for Jesus (Geisler, 1999). Cain (1999) reports the ...
means of research" (Merrigan and Haers, 2000, p. 61). In other words, Meier was saying it is impossible for us, today, to obtain t...
any connections to the Jewish faith or even that "Jesus himself was Jewish" (Sandmel 251). However, this situation was very diff...
In fact, rather than disregarding the authority of the Bible and scripture, Diana pointed out that some of the more controversial ...
is believed to be around 1600. By the end of the seventeenth century, they had become accustomed to European guns, tools, cloth, ...
to the heart of "religions purpose and meaning" (Idinopulos). In other words, the "study of religion is not the same thing as the ...
first published in 1934). Although there are some subtle differences in their theories, each of these scholars saw humans as bein...
This also explains why autopsies of Jewish people are not allowed (Chabad.org, 2005). Besides the fact that this type of procedure...
parish or congregation that has between 300 and 600 members, a stake encompasses between five and twelve wards and totals at least...
in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. The blood shall be...
kami intuitively at the depth of their consciousness and communicate with the kami directly without having formed the kami-idea co...
a precarious adventure in the Middle East the motives for which are mixed. While Bush and other politicians make it clear that the...
his faith (Barclay 65). The covenant with Abraham was dependent on two things: "the free grace of God and the perfect faith of Abr...
hospital will have to reduce costs by 15 percent to break even. 5. Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders are implemented differently by ...
was commended as one who pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must belie...
or being troublesome to understand. Why, then, would faith healing be drawn into question when one does not require evidence to s...
a high school player, Mother would go over to the box... and drop some coins in the box... I asked what she was doing and she said...
revelations of Judaism and then Christianity, but draws the story onward to yet another climax" (Neusner, 2006). Neusner says that...
reason provides a means of discerning action that is "according to nature" (77). He also cites Augustine in stating that there are...
the Church and to members of the Church (NationMaster, 2008). This is an important part of the Edict because it set the stage for ...
coached in terms that refer to economics or politics, with faith itself "always, and everywhere, exonerated" (13). He castigates t...
In looking at the Bible, and better understanding ones approach, it appears as though John possesses something of a "present escha...
held public education of the period in great disdain, which is expressed in a poem dubbed "Saturday Afternoon:" "From all the jail...
offer "equitable access to 31 faiths, including Baptist, Jewish, Native American and Rastafarian" (Padgett, 2004, p. 50). Neverthe...
see past all the trappings. We see the essence of the other person. We see their potential. We practice what St. Paul wrote: "Love...
New Testament is diverse and encompasses multiple and, sometimes, conflicting perspectives. One of the most intriguing of these ...
from Muslims and Arabs and in the United Kingdom, Hindus and Sikhs have insisted that they should not be collectively referred to ...
help to explain some of the wobblier thinking in which he indulges. Be that as it may, his theory briefly is this: as noted, he s...